Holy puppy. David Bowie influenced every character in games

#1 Edited by Metal_Mills (3528 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I found this on NeoGAF. Mind blown!

#2 Posted by MeierTheRed (5861 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Brutal

#3 Posted by AhmadMetallic (19300 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

did bowie really have so many fucking looks and hairdos in his life ?

#4 Posted by mordukai (8516 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Ohh my...

#5 Edited by The_A_Drain (4073 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Wtf is this? you post all of this yet don't even touch upon the characters who really are modelled after Bowie? Resident Evil Zero for example features a character who intendedly looks like Bowie.

Not to Mention Omikron: The Nomad Sould which features his music. Edit: Ah ok, so you found the weird picture of him in Omikron. That pick of him always freaked me out.

#6 Posted by Scooper (7920 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

David Bowie's the fucking shit. Great music.

#7 Edited by Cerza (1678 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I don't see the Raiden connection, but I get all the others and this is seriously creeping me out.

#8 Posted by Soap (3774 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I dunno... I can see some of them, but I think a lot of them are coincidental. After all, the dude's been around and had a lot of looks... some of them were bound to sync up to some characters.

#9 Posted by Video_Game_King (36564 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I think we need some dates before we declare Bowie the daddy of all game characters.

#10 Posted by Metasin (229 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Bowie was big into androgeny and a bit of a femme, the Japanese make a lot of androgenous male characters, thats all.

#11 Posted by agent_lost (908 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

well yea it David Bowie

#12 Posted by psyborg0815 (447 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I think this one looks more like Squall

#13 Posted by addictedtopinescent (3634 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

This is scary

#14 Posted by damswedon (3245 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

there's a reason why they call bowie the chameleon king

#15 Posted by RHCPfan24 (8663 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Haha this is hilarious. Well, Bowie is The Man Who Sold The World/Ziggy Stardust/Major Tom/Jareth/........

#16 Posted by Izick (161 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

David Bowie=real life JRPG character

#17 Posted by Soap (3774 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

@psyborg0815 said:

" I think this one looks more like Squall

Gackt = Squall
"

Gackt = Cloud, Squall, Zidane and Tidus, seriously. All of his fashion styles match up to the times that those FF games were made.

#18 Posted by flaminghobo (4787 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Holy shit balls.

#19 Posted by RipTheVeins (1729 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

#20 Posted by Ossi (1289 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Those comparisons are strangely accurate O_O

#21 Posted by toowalrus (13404 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Ha, I never matched Teddie with that album cover. Basically, David Bowie is as close as you will get to living anime.

#22 Posted by gingertastic_10 (4314 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Word.

#23 Posted by Zeushbien (65 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

The man is a living fashion icon, can't be that surprising that he has made an impact in the video-game world. Even if most of these images are just for the lulz.

#24 Posted by Urmean (609 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

This is FABULOUS

#25 Posted by Linkyshinks (11400 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Well on the evidence of that his other worldly looks have indeed inspired the character design of many. He has been one of those artists that expiriments with his looks and clothing, and that must make him a good source for inspiration.

#26 Posted by OmegaPirate (5642 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Haha! Fucking love the thin white duke ^_^

#27 Posted by Ghostiet (5832 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

David Bowie is probably one of the two persons (the other being Lemmy Kilmister) I can think of that is made completely out of win, awesome and joy. Another evidence, phew.

#28 Posted by Vlademir (1083 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

#29 Posted by regularassmilk (1708 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Dude, What in the fuck.

#30 Posted by Griddler (3374 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Woah.

#31 Posted by citizenkane (10888 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

" did bowie really have so many fucking looks and hairdos in his life ? "

He has had more than that.

#32 Posted by cc23574 (665 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I....I dont know what to say.

Mindblowing?
Epic?
Disturbing?

Probably a mix between these three words.

#33 Posted by TwoOneFive (9791 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

I BELIEVE.

#34 Edited by PureRok (4273 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

One of those wasn't a video game character. And this is hardly "every video game character." Nowhere close.

#35 Posted by Akeldama (4367 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

@pornstorestiffi said:

" Brutal "

#36 Posted by ArbitraryWater (15650 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

It seems that Square-Enix really likes David Bowie.

#37 Posted by Themanohall (402 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

@cc23574 said:

" I....I dont know what to say. Mindblowing? Epic? Disturbing? Probably a mix between these three words. "

#38 Posted by Drebin_893 (3269 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

The Thin White Duke. I love him.

And these were hilariously disturbing.

#39 Posted by deactivated-5aeccee38cdf9 (746 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Wow, I'm gonna speculate you've had this crazzzy visualization in your head for a while.

#40 Posted by Emilio (3581 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

Actually, you meant to say David Bowie inspired most shitty boy-girl characters from Final Fantasy.

And yes, all the pictures of him, its his vast power of being able to leap across many areas in entertainment through the years.

#41 Posted by Suicrat (3829 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

The secret truth is almost every single Japanophile I know (male and female, but mostly female) also either currently loves David Bowie, or went through a time in their life when they were obsessed with David Bowie, or both.

My point is, David Bowie is a major part of exported Japanese culture. Even though he's British.

Don't ask me how that works.

Man, I love starting forum posts with the phrase "The secret truth is ____________".

#42 Posted by LiquidPrince (17073 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

That's pretty jokes.

#43 Posted by Lind_L_Taylor (4125 posts) - 9 years, 6 months ago

@Izick said:

" David Bowie=real life JRPG character "

LOL!

It's too bad he doesn't put out any albums anymore. There was Reality
in 2004 which I saw the tour. Towards the end of the tour he had to
have a bypass. After that, he hasn't bothered to produce anymore
albums. I guess he's unofficially retired. Pity.